zipping around on a cart

[GoodTaste]

The use of "cart" is peculiar to me. Well, we have shopping carts, golf carts... Does "cart" here sarcastically refer to "golf cart"?


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While the country neared six digits of death, the president who repeatedly criticized his predecessor for golfing during a crisis spent the weekend on the links for the first time since March. When he was not zipping around on a cart, he was on social media embracing fringe conspiracy theories, amplifying messages from a racist and sexist Twitter account and lobbing playground insults at perceived enemies, including his own former attorney general.

Source: NYTimes May 24, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/...action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Gold cart? Whatever gave you that idea?

He's playing golf. So you know what kind of cart he's zipping around on.

 

[GoodTaste]

That is a typo of golf. I've now edited it.

 

[Skrej]

Yes. Although 'cart' can be used to describe several different small motorized vehicles smaller than a car, the other references to golf make it clear it's talking about a golf cart in this context.